The Handbook proposes a set of management tools and approaches to designing realistic public environmental expenditure programmes and selecting and financing the most cost-effective projects supported with public funds. It focuses on appraising investment projects in the water sector. It is tailored to the perspective of the public financier, not the project promoter.
The G8 Summit Declaration of 7 June 2007 called for continuation of the OECD Investment Committee's project on Freedom of Investment, National Security and "Strategic" Industries, additional non-member adherences to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises, active use of the Policy Framework for Investment in developing countries, effective implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and wider dissemination of the OECD Risk Awareness Tool for Multinational Enterprises in Weak Governance Zones.
This expert meeting took place on the 27th of April 2007 in the OECD premises and was organised jointly by the OECD, the EUWI Finance Working Group and the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Programme. More about this work.
G8 Labour and Employment Ministers met in Dresden on 6-8 May 2007 to discuss the opportunities and challenges that globalisation brings with it for the working world. In referring to the contribution companies can make to shaping the social dimension of globalisation, the G8 Chair's conclusions strongly emphasised the role of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
This note gives an OECD perspective on alternative dispute resolution based on experiences with the specific instances procedure of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. It was prepared for a workshop on "Accountability and Dispute Resolution" organised by Harvard's Kennedy School in support of work in this area by the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Business & Human Rights.
Cette étude entend donner un nouvel éclairage sur le principe des instruments de type marché et aider les décideurs à y recourir davantage pour gérer les pêcheries. Les résultats sont tirés d’une enquête sur l’utilisation des instruments de type marché dans les pêcheries de l’OCDE qui met en évidence les principales caractéristiques de ces instruments dans différents pays.
D’après les relevés historiques existant, plusieurs régions des Alpes ont connu leur mois de novembre le plus chaud, ce qui a retardé l’arrivée de la neige de plusieurs semaines et inquiète les professionnels du tourisme d’hiver. Tandis que les premiers flocons tombent sur les pentes, des questions se posent : cet automne particulièrement doux était-il une exception ou annonçait-il les effets des changements climatiques ? Quelle est la sensibilité des Alpes à de tels changements ?
The EAP Task Force is preparing the tenth annual meeting of the EECCA Environmental Finance Network. The meeting will be held on 22-23 February 2007 at the OECD Headquarters in Paris.
